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European passenger traffic up 3.9% during January 2010
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Source: ACI Europe
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10/03/2010
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Traffic figures for the beginning of the new year reveal improving signs of recovery at European airports. The overall passenger traffic at European airports increased by +3.9% in January 2010 compared with January 2009. The overall freight traffic among European airports increased +20.2% in January 2010 when compared with the corresponding month in 2009. The overall figure for movements at European airports decreased -2.2% in January 2010 when compared with January 2009.
Olivier Jankovec, Director General ACI EUROPE commented “These January figures confirm the improvement of the last months. However, we are still at -8.5% for passenger and -10.1% for freight compared to January 2008, so quite some distance from where we were.”
He added “What these figures also reveal is an increasing gap between a dynamic recovery for freight traffic and a much more modest one for passenger traffic. This mainly reflects an export-driven economic recovery for Europe, with rising unemployment and moderate domestic consumption. With airlines - especially legacy carriers - focusing on yield recovery and still wary of adding capacity, this two-speed recovery is likely to remain a pattern for the months ahead.”
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» Hamdi Chaouk, Director General of Civil Aviation – Lebanon
